Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Deep Memory (2016) [Hi-Res]

After the highly praised trio CDs, Odyssey and ITHAKA, the composer and bassist Barry Guy presents a new recording – „Deep Memory“ – with the same trio members, pianist Marilyn Crispell and percussionist Paul Lytton. For his new compositions, Barry Guy was inspired by Irish painter Hughie O’ Donoghue – all titles on Deep Memory courtesy of the Irish painter Hughie O’ Donoghue’s Berlin exhibition (2007) entitled “Last Poems”. A music has emerged of a tense and lacerating beauty. Tonal painting contrasts with abstract reflection. Expressive moments stand next to elegant moods. Powerful improvisation goes up in lyrical intimacy. Barry Guy writes in the linernotes: „Beyond the titles of Hughie O’ Donoghue’s paintings, the viewer becomes aware that he has a deep love for the act of applying paint to a canvas – an emotional act with an historical perspective. His complex layering of paint gives us rich colours and surface textures in the manner of Titian. I hope it would not be too fanciful to say that the music of the trio in a similar way engages with the tradition of the medium whilst exploring new avenues of expression for the inquisitive listener.“

Barry Guy, bass
Marilyn Crispell, piano
Paul Lytton, drums

Tracklist:
01. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Scent (6:58)
02. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Fallen Angel (10:27)
03. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Sleeper (9:25)
04. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Blue Horizon (7:12)
05. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Return of Ulysses (4:22)
06. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Silenced Music (8:07)
07. Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton - Dark Days (5:23)